to teachers ipods and phone are good in class??

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I don't think the use of either one belongs in the classroom, but for this girl texting is the least of her problems.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10166100-71.html

Well, I really don't care for the attitude of the columnist. She seems to think that the school is unreasonable about the phone. Once she was asked for her phone and refused to give it up, it was no longer about having a phone. That's when she crossed into insubordination, there should be no tolerance for that and I'm sure there is a lot that we haven't heard. I also don't care for the fact that stories like this give teens a bad name. I'd say 99% are good, decent kids. At least the ones that I teach. True, they sometimes make bad decisions, but when I ask something reasonable of them, take your hat off, put the phone away, get back on task, they quickly comply and are respectful. When people find out that I teach high school, they are quick to sympathize because they think that teens are so disrespectful. Not true. I like my students and for the most part are fun, enthusiastic and excited about their world and their futures. Then again, they don't live with me, I send them on their way after 50 minutes, so their parents are usually surprised when I tell them how much I enjoy their kids.